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World meets eight-year-old Neha, skipping across a Belgian tarmac

Perhaps you’ve seen the photo in a newspaper or scrolling through social media: A little girl, flown out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, skipping across the tarmac. The photograph went around the world, becoming a symbol of repatriation and escape for thousands of families fleeing the political...
Belgian Grand Prix 2021 Spa-Francorchamps

Minister wants compensation for disappointed Belgian Grand Prix fans

The 75,000 unlucky spectators who attended Sunday's rained-off Belgian Grand Prix should receive some form of compensation as a "goodwill gesture", said Wallonia's economy minister Willy Borsus. This year’s Formula One at Spa-Francorchamps was an anti-climactic race as the weather conditions halted...
Illustration picture shows children at primary school De Valke in Lichtervelde, Thursday 18 March 2021. (BELGA PHOTO KURT DESPLENTER)

League of Families study highlights difficulties caused by secondary school fees

Families are still paying too much to send their children to school in Belgium, according to the League of Families which has denounced the cost of primary and secondary education in a recently published study. In the study, the organisation states that the cost of education – some €1,200 for a...
IOC International Olympic Committee chairman Jacques Rogge pictured during a colloquium 'Olympisme et diplomatie' at the UCL university in Louvain-la-Neuve, Monday 05 November 2012. (BELGA PHOTO ERIC LALMAND)

Former Olympic president Jacques Rogge dies aged 79

Jacques Rogge, the Belgian former president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), died on Sunday at the age of 79 after a long illness. An orthopaedic surgeon by profession, Rogge was seen as a calming influence during his 12-year leadership of the IOC and was greatly respected in both the...
Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamp

Max Verstappen wins half points in rain-ravaged Belgian Grand Prix

Belgium’s notorious Spa-Francorchamps race track more than lived up to its reputation as treacherous weather halted the Formula One Grand Prix after a total of three laps on Sunday. It was the shortest race in the history of the sport and one of the most surrealist. After an initial delayed start...

François Marcadon - Même les oiseaux ne naissent pas sans tête

Submitted by Xavier Huysmans on Sun, 08/29/2021 - 12:21

In this exhibition, François Marcadon challenges our relationship to the human body by working on classic substrates like drawing but also on other more unconventional substrates.

Through the use of ink and watercolour, the artist composes drawings with elements drawn from an image bank that he composed over time, and once in a while adds his own imaginary elements. Together, these drawings build up a sort of personal mythology. The drawings are not titled as to not influence the viewer.

Soilmates-Smala Farming

Discover Soilmates eco-campaign in Brussels on 12-13 September

For its second edition, the groundbreaking agricultural, culinary and artistic project Soilmates is running two days of events in Brussels on 12 and 13 September. The Belgian movement brings together artisan chefs, farmers, scientists, philosophers, anthropologists and artists in a bid to raise...

Olympic medallists to be honoured on Grand Place on 3 September

Belgian athletes who won a medal at this summer’s Olympic Games will be honoured in a public ceremony on Friday, 3 September in Grand Place. The medallists will appear on the terrace of the City Hall at 16.00. Belgium won seven medals at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Nafi Thiam won Olympic gold for...

One-of-a-kind project in Ixelles mixes social housing with artist studios

Ixelles is redefining what ‘mixed-use’ means with Kult XL Ateliers, a new project that brings artist studios and social housing together. A stretch of Rue Wiertz, near the European Quarter, has been redeveloped to house seven workshops for contemporary artists, an exhibition space and 16 housing...
The café Dolle Mol on Rue des Éperonniers, Brussels. (Mark Smith via Wikimedia Commons)

Brussels bar now accepts cryptocurrencies as payment

The Dolle Mol cafe in the heart of Brussels now accepts cryptocurrencies as a means of payment. The famous anarchist bar on Rue des Éperonniers, which was completely renovated by a group of young Brussels residents two years ago, is among the first establishments in the capital to adopt the digital...

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